Six Die After U.S. Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific

The U.S. military says six men were killed in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against traffickers, bringing the toll in these operations to at least 157 since September. The Pentagon provided no evidence that the vessel carried drugs, though it released a video of the boat exploding. Trump has framed the actions as an armed conflict with cartels, while critics question legal justifications and effectiveness, noting concerns from a prior attack in which survivors were killed in a follow-up strike.